Work & commute · Penfield

Work & commute in Penfield, IL

Most working residents leave Penfield for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Champaign (22%), Urbana (15%) and Rantoul (13%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 54 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 54 Penfield residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penfield.

54live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penfield goes to work

Champaign21.8 mi away

22%12

Urbana18.9 mi away

15%8

Rantoul11.1 mi away

13%7

Gifford4.1 mi away

7%4

Paxton13.4 mi away

6%3

Gibson City25.5 mi away

4%2

Mahomet24.8 mi away

4%2

Bloomington55.3 mi away

4%2

Champaign24.3 mi away

4%2

Somer14.8 mi away

4%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%10

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Penfield commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

78%

9%Under 10 mi

78%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penfield is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Penfield are

13 jobs are based in Penfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Penfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Penfield

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less62%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Penfield residents hold

54 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.